Britain's Prince Charles says he feels lucky after coronavirus recovery
June 04, 2020  18:14
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Britain's Prince Charles opened up about his COVID-19 diagnosis and said he felt lucky to have suffered only mild symptoms of the coronavirus as he launched a new Great Reset agenda for the environment.

The 71-year-old heir to the British throne, who tested positive for coronavirus at the end of March before going into self-isolation at his Birkhall home on Queen Elizabeth II's Scotland estate, said his illness had made him even more determined to push and shout for a rebuild of the planet.

I was lucky in my case and got away with it quite lightly, he told Sky News'.

But I've had it, and I can so understand what other people have gone through But in order to prevent this happening to so many more people, I'm so determined to find a way out of this, he said.

Addressing an online conference with the World Economic Forum, the royal launched a five-point plan to avoid future disasters, including capturing the imagination and will of humanity to change, then use the global economic recovery to set us on a new trajectory of sustainable employment, of livelihoods and economic growth. 

Further, he called for a redesign of systems and pathways to advance net zero transitions globally and reinvigorate science, technology and innovation to find solutions. 

Finally, he said we must rebalance investment, with the private sector at the heart of the key to how we do this in a better and more sustainable way.     
 
-- PTI
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